Brooke is the Founder of Brooke Knows Breast, LLC and Retreat! She is in her ninth year as an IBCLC and prides herself on helping each new parent reach their individual infant feeding goals. She brought together these amazing professionals under the same roof to help new moms and families get up-to-date, evidence based care all in one place, while at the same time building relationships with others going through the same thing in the early months of adjusting to a new baby. Everyone needs a village!

She has her own private practice in which he does home visits supporting new families trying to establish breastfeeding, returning to work, pumping, and weaning. She also works on the postpartum unit at Lankenau and teaches Breastfeeding 101 at Main Line Family Education.

In her free time, she enjoys watching sporting events with her kids, wine tasting, live music, traveling to warm places in the winter, and her two beloved cats.

Dr. Meghna Patel graduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts with a bachelors of science in psychology and biomedical engineering, and then went on to earn her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) and Masters in Public Health (MPH) degrees from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. Dr. Patel went on to complete her residency training in pediatrics at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, and then worked as a pediatric hospitalist at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York. She then went on to complete a post-graduate fellowship year in osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine (ONMM) at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she remains as clinical faculty in the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) department.  Dr. Patel is board certified in pediatrics and ONMM, and sees children and adults of all ages in her practice in addition to teaching medical students.  Dr. Patel lives in Havertown, PA with her husband, 2 children, and 2 dogs.

Bidi McSorley, MD, is an award-winning Philadelphia-based pediatrician and a pioneer in introducing mindfulness and behavioral health medicine into children’s healthcare.

Dr. McSorley’s practice specializes in parental support and problem-solving—partnering directly with parents to understand and navigate their child’s developmental stages from infancy to young adulthood. She brings more than 30 years of experience in pediatric care, mindfulness, and behavioral training to this work.

Dr. McSorley founded Society Hill Pediatrics in 1986, remaining a senior partner there before forming practice in 2016 in pediatric behavioral health, parent coaching and mindfulness for kids and families. She has helped thousands of new parents start  the amazing and challenging  journey of nurturing a baby. She has introduced mindfulness techniques and philosophy as tools for parents.

Andrea graduated from the University of Scranton with a BS in Biology in 1995 and went on to get her Masters in Public Health Leadership from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2010. While she was an undergraduate student, she took a class in endocrinology that introduced her to the science of lactation and she knew at that point that she wanted her career to follow that path.

Andrea worked as a hospital IBCLC and then helped to establish the Drexel University Lactation Consultant Program to help fill the need for pathways into the profession. There she developed the program curriculum, taught a course on public health topics in lactation and became the clinical instructor and the interim director. In 2019, she fulfilled her dream of opening her own home visit private practice which is now her full time job. She feels very honored to be welcomed into the homes of new families as they work out feeding challenges and learn their new role as parents.

Andrea currently has a home visit private practice in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

When not at work, Andrea enjoys walking her dogs, playing cards with her husband and watching her teen and young adult children do the things they love to do.

A Labor and Delivery, Newborn and Postpartum nurse with over a decade of experience, Nicole found a need in the community for a more family-focused approach to welcoming a new baby into the world. She is thrilled to concentrate on education as the founder of Main Line Family Education. Her warm personality coupled with a deep understanding of pregnancy, delivery, and infant care, will provide families with the tools and knowledge they need to manage the journey through parenthood in the most positive way.

Cara is a graduate of Drexel University’s Human Lactation Consultant Program. As part of her IBCLC training, she has worked at numerous hospitals throughout Philadelphia, including Pennsylvania Hospital, Hahnemann University Hospital, Temple Hospital, and the pediatric clinic at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. In 2017, Cara completed Maternity Care Coalition’s Community Doula Program, an initiative focused on providing support to pregnant folks in under-served communities throughout Philadelphia. For the past 5 ½  years, Cara has been providing lactation care at Lifecycle Wellness and The Birth Center, the oldest licensed free-standing birth center in Pennsylvania. She sees clients in both their Bryn Mawr and South Philadelphia offices, and hosts weekly Lactation & New Parent Support groups. Cara is passionate about helping folks develop a feeding plan that meets their goals and feels manageable and sustainable, both physically & mentally. She has worked to gain expertise in breast pump usage and pump flange fitting so that pumping can be comfortable, effective, and efficient. She is currently studying how the use of movement & body work can help our babies feed & feel better.

Outside of work, Cara enjoys gardening, reading mystery novels, cooking (and eating!), and laughing.

Stephanie is a pediatric physical therapist and owner of Play at Home Physical Therapy. She started Play at Home Physical Therapy to provide specialized care to children in need. In her time practicing physical therapy at some of the country’s most respected hospitals and organizations, Stephanie has developed substantial expertise treating torticollis, plagiocephaly, cerebralpalsy, and other pediatric diagnoses. Stephanie strongly believes that providing one-on-one, personalized care to children is invaluable and when provided directly in the home, it sets the stage for success. She has also received training in Total Motion Release (TMR) levels 1 and 2.

Stephanie received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2012 and Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Penn State University in State College, PA in 2009. She has worked in virtually all settings including inpatient pediatrics, outpatient, NICU, EI, neonatal clinic, schools, and aquatics.

When Stephanie is not treating patients, she loves spending time with her husband, three little kids, and rescue dog, Ridley.